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I slam. In the great American tradition. On one of his first recordings, Thomas Edison pronounced "Italian" as EYE-talian.<BR>
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Another tough one is "muslim", which I understand is ~mooslim (~oo as in "look", stress first syllable). One talking dictioanry said ~muzlim.<BR><BR>Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+ <BR>see truespel.com phonetic spelling<BR><BR><BR> <BR> <BR>
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> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:58:46 -0400<BR>> From: laurence.horn@YALE.EDU<BR>> Subject: Re: IsLAHM<BR>> To: ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<BR>> <BR>> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------<BR>> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU><BR>> Poster: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn@YALE.EDU><BR>> Subject: Re: IsLAHM<BR>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> At 2:13 PM +0000 11/1/10, Charles C Doyle wrote:<BR>> >I'll bet Juan Williams says IZlum.<BR>> ><BR>> >--Charlie<BR>> <BR>> I'm surprised FOX News and friends haven't settled on "eye-slam" as<BR>> the official patriotic American pronunciation, as in "eye-rack" and<BR>> "eye-ran" (and the earlier "eye-talian").<BR>> <BR>> LH<BR>> <BR>> ><BR>> >________________________________________<BR>> >From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf of<BR>> >Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000@GMAIL.COM]<BR>> >Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 7:21 AM<BR>> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> ><BR>> >The trendy pronunciation, esp. on NPR.<BR>> ><BR>> >Shows you're not a bigot.<BR>> ><BR>> >JL<BR>> ><BR>> >------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> >The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org<BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org<BR><BR> </body>
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